EarthNight

 Switch
User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19

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  1. ChurtFumpus
    Dec 3, 2019
    7
    Artwork looks great, the soundtrack is pretty good, but the core gameplay feels just a little bit lacking. I enjoyed it, but the controls feel a bit awkward and not quite as responsive as they should. It's also frustrating that the game isn't very colorblind friendly. It'll set dragons as objectives, with no other indication aside from color as far as I can tell. When you can't distinguishArtwork looks great, the soundtrack is pretty good, but the core gameplay feels just a little bit lacking. I enjoyed it, but the controls feel a bit awkward and not quite as responsive as they should. It's also frustrating that the game isn't very colorblind friendly. It'll set dragons as objectives, with no other indication aside from color as far as I can tell. When you can't distinguish color well... It's frustrating to say the least.… Expand
  2. Higgsbacon
    Dec 3, 2019
    10
    This game is gorgeous. The artwork, the music... incredible! This game was totally worth the wait.

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Meristation
    Apr 22, 2020
    65
    After a dragon apocalypse, there are just two people able to recover the world we were used to live in. EarthNight is so unique and beautiful both in the visual side and with their chiptune soundtrack; it also makes you feel good thanks to a clever roguelike design, but the game feels so short and limited as the game does not give the player enough time to breathe and thing: is too (too) fast when battling with the dragons. Despite its flaws, the endless runner subgenre finds here a good new contender to pay attention to.
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  2. Cubed3
    Mar 24, 2020
    50
    EarthNight is really a product of its genre. It's rare that auto-runners feel truly unique, and while this does a decent job of introducing new mechanics regularly, it does such a poor job with enemy placement that you will have to run through the same kind of courses over and over before you get to see them - unless you skip on through the fray, and that only works so long. Even when you find these new ideas, they are often just one tweak shy of something a lot better than they ended up being, and it's a shame such an original idea feels so flat.
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  3. Worth Playing
    Feb 19, 2020
    75
    After all is said and done, EarthNight is an incredibly intriguing game. With in-depth art, consistently good music, and plenty of in-game systems to keep the player asking for more, it's hard to not want to give it a try. The follies of the title largely boil down to buy-in from the player. One could easily see a player losing interest early on due to the too delayed gratification of grinding through levels to collect all of the pieces needed for a power-up to progress. After seeing how the game evolves, I have to say that it's worth the time investment. EarthNight scrapes against greatness in its concept but falls slightly short in execution — not with the space dragons, though. I fully plan to execute all of the space dragons that I can get my hands on.
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